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| Balloon crash kills tourists in Cappadocia, Turkey | Balloon crash kills tourists in Cappadocia, Turkey |
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| Three Brazilian tourists have been killed and more than 20 other people injured after two hot-air balloons collided in Turkey, officials say. | |
| One ascending balloon was torn open as it hit the basket of another, and then plunged to the ground, witnesses said. | |
| The accident happened in Cappadocia, a region popular with tourists for its spectacular volcanic rock formations. | The accident happened in Cappadocia, a region popular with tourists for its spectacular volcanic rock formations. |
| A tourist who was in another balloon said: "It was quite horrific. We looked up and it was falling out of the sky." | A tourist who was in another balloon said: "It was quite horrific. We looked up and it was falling out of the sky." |
| Joanne Rowley, an Australian on holiday in Turkey with her husband, added: "It fell straight down to the ground. It was just horrendous. | |
| "You could see that people weren't going to survive. I still feel quite shaken from the experience." | "You could see that people weren't going to survive. I still feel quite shaken from the experience." |
| Turkey's civil aviation agency says it has launched an inquiry. | Turkey's civil aviation agency says it has launched an inquiry. |
| Among the questions expected to be considered is whether too many balloons are taking to the skies in Cappadocia, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from the Turkish capital, Ankara. | |
| One tourist, E Wayne Ross, said the skies were crowded, and about 100 balloons had taken off early on Monday morning. | One tourist, E Wayne Ross, said the skies were crowded, and about 100 balloons had taken off early on Monday morning. |
| Broken bones | Broken bones |
| Cappadocia, in central Anatolia, is famed for its "fairy chimney" volcanic cones, subterranean cities carved out of soft stone and early Christian churches. | Cappadocia, in central Anatolia, is famed for its "fairy chimney" volcanic cones, subterranean cities carved out of soft stone and early Christian churches. |
| Ballooning has become a popular tourist business in the region over the past decade. | Ballooning has become a popular tourist business in the region over the past decade. |
| The passengers on board the doomed flight were mostly tourists from Brazil, Argentina and Spain, according to Abdurrahman Savas, the governor of Nevsehir province, who visited the injured in hospital. | The passengers on board the doomed flight were mostly tourists from Brazil, Argentina and Spain, according to Abdurrahman Savas, the governor of Nevsehir province, who visited the injured in hospital. |
| He said two Brazilians, aged 65 and 71, had died. | He said two Brazilians, aged 65 and 71, had died. |
| A third Brazilian, aged 76, died in hospital hours later, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported. | |
| Many of the injured had broken bones. | Many of the injured had broken bones. |
| In 2009, a British tourist was killed and nine other people were injured in a balloon collision in Cappadocia. | In 2009, a British tourist was killed and nine other people were injured in a balloon collision in Cappadocia. |
| In Egypt, a balloon caught fire and crashed in February, killing 19 tourists. |